@misc{lit_2609_16665,
  title = { {Right Direction, Wrong Step: Geometric Analysis of Finite-Step Failure in Looped Transformers} },
  author = {Zhihao Guo and Zonghan Wu and Haizhou Du and Huan Huo and Yilei Shao and Athanasios V. Vasilakos and Qingsong Wen},
  year = {2026},
  note = {arXiv preprint},
  eprint = {2609.16665},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16665}
}